Mark L. Arthur, MBA, CFA - Chief Executive Officer & Director

Mr. Arthur joined Jovian Capital Corporation (”Jovian”) as Executive Vice President in 2003 and became President in August 2007.   In addition to these position, Mr. Arthur is also the Chairman and a Director of Jov Flow-Through Management Corp.  the general partner of the Jov Flow-Through Limited Partnerships and of Fairway Energy Flow-Through Management Corp., the general partner of the Fairway Energy Flow-Through Limited Partnerships.

Since July 2004 Mr. Arthur has been a Vice-Chairman of MGI and since February 2005 he has been a director of MGI. Between July 2004 and August 2006, Mr. Arthur was the Chief Executive Officer of MGI. Mr. Arthur held the position of President/Chief Investment Officer and was a director of RBC Global Investment Management Inc. (“RBC Global”) from 2000 to 2002. Mr. Arthur’s responsibilities included managing a team of 180 employees including 65 professional staff of portfolio managers and analysts. Mr. Arthur was responsible for the management of over $48 billion, including $38 billion in mutual funds, and $10 billion in pooled funds. Mr. Arthur helped lead RBC Global from $2.5 billion in assets in 1989 to over $48 billion by 2002.Mr. Arthur also helped RBC Global create and implement a leading edge compliance process, as well as the implementation of investment processes which were key components to performance and sales success.

Prior to his tenure at RBC Global, Mr. Arthur held the position of President/Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Royal Bank Investment Management Inc. – Royal Mutual Funds (“Royal Bank”) from 1989 to 2000. He managed a team of 77 employees, including 33 vice-presidents/portfolio managers, ensuring that performance objectives were constantly met. Mr. Arthur oversaw all of the investment teams (including Fixed Income, Canadian Equity and US Equity) including all external sub-advisors. Mr. Arthur extended the global strategy initiatives within Royal Bank which resulted in his appointment as Chairman of the Royal Investment Strategy Committee, Wealth Management Division.

Mark Arthur holds a MBA and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with an Masters of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.